Definition
A scholar or geologist who believes that major geological changes and features were created by sudden, violent, large-scale catastrophes rather than gradual processes.
Etymology
From 'cataclysm' + '-ist' (one who practices or believes in). This term emerged in geology during the 19th-century debate between catastrophists and uniformitarians about Earth's history.
Kelly Says
In the 1800s, scientists had a heated battle: did dinosaurs die in one giant flood, or over millions of years? Cataclysmatists argued for sudden catastrophes, while their opponents said gradual change was the key—eventually, gradual change won.
Translations
ARالعربية
مؤمن بالكوارث
muʾmin bil-kawāriṭ
BNবাংলা
বিপদবাদী
bipadabādī
CSČeština
kataklismista
kataklistista
DADansk
kataklisme
kataklim
DEDeutsch
Kataklismist
kataklistist
ELΕλληνικά
κατακλυσμολόγος
kataklysmológos
ESEspañol
cataclismista
kataklistista
FISuomi
kataklismi
kataklimi
FRFrançais
cataclysmiste
kataklistist
HEעברית
קטסטרופיסט
katatrofist
HIहिन्दी
विपत्तिवादी
vipattivādī
HUMagyar
katasztrófista
katasztrofishsta
IDBahasa Indonesia
kataklisma
kataklima
ITItaliano
cataclismista
kataklistista
NLNederlands
cataclysme
kataklim
NONorsk
kataklisme
kataklim
PLPolski
kataklizmista
kataklistista
PTPortuguês
cataclismista
kataklistista
RORomână
cataclismist
kataklistist
RUРусский
катастрофист
katastrofist
SVSvenska
kataklismist
kataklistist
TAதமிழ்
பேரழிவுவாதி
pēraṭivuvāti
THไทย
ผู้เชื่อในภัยพิบัติ
phū cheūa nai phai phibat
TRTürkçe
felaketçi
felaketçi
UKУкраїнська
катастрофіст
katastrofist
VITiếng Việt
người theo thuyết thảm họa
nguoi theo thuyet tham hoa